SpiceMas Review; Fetes, Pricing and Costume and Fraud?!
Last year, I did Cropover and this year I decided to do Grenada. By August 2018 I knew that it would be my next Caribbean carnival because it is so different and also I liked the variety of mas/jouvert (you have jabjab- Monday morning, Monday night mas, "pretty mas" Monday and Tuesday aka costumes). Rather than do a Cropover-Spice Mas combination (which is highly popular), to save money and explore another Island I decided to do a multi-centre trip and book 5 nights in St Lucia and then 7 nights in Grenada. I flew from London-St Lucia, St Lucia-Grenada and Grenada-London via St Lucia all via British Airways. They offer many multi centre flights within the Caribbean, however you may also wish to book via Caribbean airlines e.g. LIAT (take your chances!) or SVG air. I booked the flights and air b n b s in both locations in November/December 2018. Again, the ideal time to book for a carnival abroad is 6-10 months in advance, personally I prefer 10 to secure accommodation and f